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At FONTAGRO commemoration and other high-level meetings in Spain, IICA Director General highlights the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security
During a visit to the Spanish capital, Otero also met with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of Spain, Luis Planas, as part of a series of high-level bilateral meetings in which he reaffirmed the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security and its commitment to transforming agrifood systems to foster a more productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture sector together with farmers.-
At FONTAGRO commemoration and other high-level meetings in Spain, IICA Director General highlights the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security
During a visit to the Spanish capital, Otero also met with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) of Spain, Luis Planas, as part of a series of high-level bilateral meetings in which he reaffirmed the key role of Latin America and the Caribbean for global food security and its commitment to transforming agrifood systems to foster a more productive, sustainable and inclusive agriculture sector together with farmers. 
Microsoft and IICA launch Minecraft-based technology challenge for high school students in Costa Rica
Registration is already open for the challenge, which seeks to foster digital and soft skills development among young people for application in agriculture.
IICA attends massive congress of corn and sorghum farmers in Argentina, where farmers are hailing the bioeconomy as an extraordinary opportunity for development
Approximately 2,000 persons attended the event, including producers, researchers and various stakeholders from the agrifood value chain.
At IICA, during Digital Agriculture Week, countries in the Americas shared their strategies for promoting innovation and the use of new technologies in rural areas
During the panel discussion on “Agrifood Digitization: Initiatives and public policies in countries in the Americas,” which took place during the second edition of Digital Agriculture Week, representatives of various governments gave details of the programs they are implementing across the continent.
Digital Agriculture week opened with an appeal to place new technologies in the hands of all players in the Latin American and Caribbean rural sector
Digital Agriculture Week is a discussion forum, but even more so a forum for collective action, aiming to spur dynamic and inclusive agrifood digitalization. It is part of a series of activities on priority areas in agrifood system transformation, which IICA is promoting to create a hemispheric partnership for food security and sustainable development.